Sources tell us the former New England Patriots tight end -- who is usually segregated from the general population -- was allowed to take a walk in an isolated hallway ... but somehow came into contact with another inmate.

We're told Hernandez recognized the other inmate and launched into an attack -- beating the other man up pretty badly.

Sources tell us ... Hernandez and the other man had been beefing all day long. One source says the other guy had been harassing Aaron nonstop. Clearly, Hernandez was pissed.

The 24-year-old has been locked up since June 26th -- he's facing murder charges stemming from the 2013 shooting death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.

Officials had placed Hernandez in solitary confinementout of concern he would be a target behind bars due to his celebrity status.

Aaron Hernandez Indicted for 2012 Double Murder

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to his role in July 2012 double murder in Boston’s South End, according to multiple news outlets.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans today will disclose new developments in the previously unsolved killings of two men in Boston?s South End in 2012, a double murder that law enforcement sources have linked to former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.

t for 11:30 a.m. to dicuss the investigation into the deaths of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who were shot to death on July 16, 2012 while stopped at a traffic light, the Globe reports.

The additional charges for Hernandez, who is already accused in the June 2013 murder of Odin L. Lloyd, put an additional burden on Hernandez’s defense team, David Frank, the managing editor of Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly, wrote on Twitter.

Hernandez will appear in Suffolk Superior Court in the next few days to enter a not guilty plea on the new murder indictment.

Hernadez had played for the Patriots until June 2013, when he was arrested on live television in his North Attleborough home on charges related to Lloyd’s murder. Hernandez played the entire 2012-2013 season, after the two murders in the South End occurred.

Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder

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Hernandez also found guilty of unlawful possession of firearm, ammo

Hernandez was on trial for the shooting death of Odin Lloyd

Prosecutors took months to present more than 130 witnesses

(CNN)Jurors in the trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have found him guilty of first degree murder, which carries a penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Hernandez was also found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

As the verdict was read, the former standout tight end appeared upset but calm -- pursing his lips and taking a deep breath, as his lawyer put his arm around him. He looked over to see his mother and fiancee weeping.

He mouthed to them, "It's OK."

Hernandez was on trial for the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in a Massachusetts industrial park in June 2013.

Lloyd's family appeared anxious in the Fall River, Massachusetts, courtroom prior to the verdict, as did the mother of Hernandez.

As to Hernandez, he sat awaiting the verdict with his attorneys surrounding him.

Prosecutors took months to present more than 130 witnesses to build their case. The defense wrapped its witnesses in less than a day.

Prosecutors say Lloyd was seen June 17, 2013, around 2:30 a.m. with Hernandez and Hernandez's friends, Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace, in a rented silver Nissan Altima. Later that day, a jogger found his body riddled with gunshots.

Wallace and Ortiz, who were also charged with murder, have pleaded not guilty, and will be tried separately.

Hernandez's attorney, James Sultan, told jurors that Hernandez "witnessed" Lloyd's killing, "committed by somebody he knew," and that the former NFL player "really didn't know what to do, so he put one foot in front of another" and moved on with his life.

Two other men who were drug dealers allegedly killed Lloyd, Sultan told the jury.

Lloyd, who was working for a landscaping firm at the time of his killing, played football for the Boston Bandits, the oldest semi-pro team in Boston and the winner of four championships in the New England Football League, the team's website says.

Evidence collected in Lloyd's death led to two more murder charges against Hernandez in a separate case in Boston. He has pleaded not guilty. That trail is scheduled to begin in May, but officials say it will be pushed back.

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